Villa Il Paradisino is located in Sesto Fiorentino, a small town surrounded by beautiful hills and the Apennine Mountains, just 6 km NW (4 miles) from Florence historical centre and less than 1 hour driving from many world-wide renowned art cities like Siena, Pisa, Lucca, Pistoia, Arezzo and mediaeval villages like San Gimignano, Volterra, Certaldo as well as the beautiful Val d’Orcia and Mugello countryside and the Chianti wine region.

We are about 2 hours and 30 minutes drive from Rome and Venice and about 3 hours from Milan the fashion capital of the world.

Our geographic position is absolutely exceptional to visit Florence (12 minutes ride by train) and the Tuscan region. You can establish your home base in our Villa and drive everyday visiting different places. We are 3 km (1.8 miles) from the exit of A1, the most important Highway that connect you with many cities and town.

If you prefer not to drive you can easily move by train or bus. The train station is 15 minutes walking distance and the bus stop to Florence is in front of the Villa.

You can also find lots of shops and facilities like banks, pharmacies, restaurants, post office, theatre, pastry shops, bakeries, café’, delly, groceries, tennis courts and more that are reachable within 10 minutes or less by foot.

Sesto Fiorentino, Etruscan and then Roman village, is famous for its artistic, hand made and painting porcelain and nearby there are Richard Ginory porcelain factory and its museum. Then you can visit the Etruscan tombs "La Montagnola" and "La Mula", and the Medici Villas "Castello" and "La Petraia", where you can visit the inside and the historic Tuscan gardens outside.

Guests can also enjoy local horse riding, biking or just walking around the Villa, shopping in the little centre or exploring the surrounding countryside and forest on scenic paths seeing beautiful Historic Houses, olive trees fields, gardens, enjoying the savoury scent of Tuscany aromatic herbs.

Each month you can find many events in the towns and villages around like artisan markets, wine tasting, antiques markets and food festivals, street theatre, concerts and more; please ask for details and we will be very happy to help you to spend a wonderful time.

HOW TO REACH US - by plane, by train, by car and bus

VISIT THE SURROUNDING - take a walk and visit Valiversi, Richard Ginori, Piazzetta di Colonnata with the small shops, the river with the vegtable gardens, the bridge alla palancola, etruscan graves, Ville Medicee, and the Castle Calenzano Alto


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